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- t wen t first t o the parlor - - the n back int o th e Cente r Hal l where
he pose d for picture s wit h th e Hughes an d Robinsons . Mrs . Hughe s aske d th e
President i f Kosygin' s daughte r wa s comin g wit h him, an d the Presiden t replie d
- each tree. (One official count had 850 accredited press people
in Glassboro today to cover the Summit between the President and Kosygin.)
I and
j of
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12:45pm ^_
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Ranch
Lt. Cdr. Thomas Atkins, movie photographer
Major Hugh Robinson, Army
- in the bedroom. Sgt. Glynn advises President gave no indications of
Walt
Walt
Rostow - Sit
Room
it
being anything but a normal day — showered,
and dressed and left the bedroom a 8:55a m
Rostow - ''
line" - Kosygin to Johnson - "Israel continues fighting
8
- if draft
had left WH. Pres. at 8;45 instructed that draft of Warren
letter be sent over to Justice Dept.
President asked for analysis of Kosygin letter. Situation
Room finally Produced a letter, but it was wrong one. Rosto w
at home and hi s secy between
- . Th e President also sai d h e woul d like
o se e Kosygin' s speech, althoug h h e woul d jus t a s soo n the press no t be notifie d o f ______ _
s watchin g it .
—
e Presiden t sai d h e woul d lik e t o sen d a wir e t o Th e Prim e Ministe r an d
- ) And, it was necessar
to interrupt (mjdr) in order to get the President to sign his response to —-^———
Chmn. Kosygin. The Presiden t asked Harry McPhersonto read wit h him (over
his shoulder) the newly typed copy. Then invited Oke to take a picture of the—
signing
- .
George Ball and
present a condensed report to the President.
They met w / officials of the USSR including the Chmn of the Council of Ministers,
Mr A. N. Kosygin. the
report included a thorough inquiry into the economy
of the USSR and its trading practices
- " - Kosygin t o Johnson - status of cease-fire
"_
9:49am f
~
10:10a t
Walt Rostow
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£
10:09am i
Expendi-
(include visited by) lure
Attorney General .
9:45am t
X10:00am
THURSDAY
Jacob Javits
Director
'
Day
Atty Gen'l Ramsey Clark
Sen.
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MW (pl)while holding Mr. Rostow on p
Chrm Kosygin
Hon. Billie S. Farnum OFF
RECORD *
(former Congressman from Michigan)
Mr. Farnum has accepted a DNC offer and will head up DNC's registration
division and contact various organizations. -- his
- To
//
- w/ Mrs. Johnson
Cong an d Mrs. Jack Brooks
Criswell
• John
mf, mjdr
9:05p t
V/,X
White
T^
Activity
LD
Lo
1967
joined - -
theater w/ all guests to see a new movie
sent him by Leonard Marks done on the Kosygin visit to Glassboro
second
floor
- -- Amb Dobrynin calledthe President
' and
the President went to Mr. Watson's telephone to talk. The Ambassador read to the
President a message from Mr. Kosygin which he asked to be confidential. He told the
President he would call Ambassador Kohler
-
-- pleasant, sunny skies, highest temperature near 84
(include visite d by ) >
Activity
Situation Room •
Rostow :
___
Situation Room
"hot line" -- Kosygin to Johnson - call for cease-fire and" withdrawal
___,.__ ,
6:40a
- the President prior to his departure for Eastern Europe SEE
NEXT PAGE
Mildred
Stegall
in MW's ofc
Commissioner
Willard
Deason
To mansion for lunch
w/ Comm. Deason
and Russia for five weeks. Rowa n is to see Dobrynin before departing, and is to see Kosygin
- '
memo on Pres. attending Shastri funeral - then discussed others in delegation -- and where
Mrs.
Johnson
(he had to send VP - press comments, etc. and possibility of
negotiations w/ Kosygin and if VP had to attend those)
Bill
Moyers in
Senator John
-
the U.S. delegation to the funeral of Prime Minister
Shastri. In New Delhi, he and Secy Rusk met w/ Russian Premier kosygin )
— The
President went walking w/ the Vice President and Mr. Valenti
- walked part way around the drive on the S. Grounds Pix
by Oke
- Kosygin
to meet with him at 11:00am tomorrow, Friday at
i the
home of the President of Glassboro State College, Glassboro
GC
- pl
New
Jersey.
The
Chairman has accepted. This site was made
(
| available
by Gov. Richard Hughes of New Jersey - and site
-
for LUNCH
w/ George Christian
and Joe Califano
The President ate alone -- Christian and Califano had coffee
Joined by staff members:
Larry Temple
Tom Johnso n
Jim Jones
,4:50p f
5:05p f
Secy
Walt
Fowler
Rostow - re a proposed reply to Kosygin
- route to the White House -:
"neve
r mind"
'
C/ 8:15a _
8:18a j
8:19a _
|
,
Abe Forta s .
line" -- Kosygin to Johnson - cease-fire ignored
Rostow
Fortas '•
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.
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.
Bipartisan
Congressional Leadership Breakfast
- at Tom Johnson's direction placed a call for the President to Lawrence
Rockefeller. )
Rostow (PL)
McPherson (PL) (avidently no answer it was so quick)
to come in -- took in Rostow's memo giving the translation of Kosygin' s reply to
a message from
- fo r De r Stern )
. Theo Sommer
Marie Fehmer
Ashton Gonell a
Jim Jone s
Mary Slate r
e Christia n
During lunch , th e Presiden t tol d abou t his meetings with Kosygin an d read the
memos h e had receive d concerning these meeting s fro m hi s staf f
- visi t here (f m Lucy Ferguson )
Ltr t o Chairma n Alexei N . Kosygin , USS R - :£cu i thankin g fo r handsom e malachit e
box presented a t Summi t conferenc e recentl y (f m Lucy Ferguson )
Personnel Actio n mem o f m Rob t Co x - thr u M W - r e Jame
- e an d Pell
s
^HITE HOUSE Date
>ENT: LYNDON B. JOHNSON
DIARY
'resident began hi s day at (Place) Washington,
Time Telephone
11
In Out
Lo
November
D . C.
18, 1968
Monday
Day
f or t
Activity
(include visited by)
LD
to see Kosygin - giving
- to spend any time in discussing matters of great mutual interest,
the President would have his helicopter ready to go to Camp David or some
place near New York, like resort Areas in Catskills and Ellenville, NY.
|
^ Kosygin
/ff
TO TH E SIGNIN G TABL E
- Gonell a
y McPherso n (pl)
Nichola
Jo
5:00p t
j
pi
}
1
5:42p i t
s deB . Katzenbach , Unde r Sec y o f Stat e
. J. W . Fulbright , commentin g on the Senators letter r e th e Presiden t
d Kosygin . Th e Presiden t asked that thi s lette r b e sen t
- . Moursund '
1___!
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Krim
5:29pm The
President arrived the Lake House--stood on dock while the boats were xexk reached
and talked w/ Mrs. Johnson about what he wanted her to do tomorrow w/ Kosygin's
daughter, should she decide to accept
- bu t a norma l day—showered ,
shaved
, an d dressed, an d left th e bedroo m - ____________
bkfst o f chippe d beef , grapefrui t and tea .
_
7:47 a.m. Receipt
of msg via "hot line" from Kosygin - re UAR-Israel Fighting
THE WHITE HOUSE Date
- you think
combined.
been very
And
high.
of that
interested
in this
that
when ha did,
communications
that
Mr. Kosygin
our~
nbject
rather
than
went to the
the more
had been used prior
time?
A
thing ■
Q
sort
air.
link
teletype
-
wanted an appmt to get additional background on
&&
the
Summit meeting Pres. had w/Kosygin. Mr Sidey
is doing a column in Life on this, with a deadline today
and is als o doing anothe r piece for Time. His approach
is to be "The President as a Diplomat
- , two newspapermen,
would
just have to see him at a later date
Charles
President to Oval Room Office -then to Lounge Ofc
George Christian ^
Roberts 'Chuck' - of Newsweek
Rostow joined (w/Kosygin letters Pres. asked for)
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8:27p | f
- th e pres s speculatio n about a Sovie t dele gation comin g to th e U . N. tha t migh t includ e Gromyko or Kosygin .
He sai d h e kne w nothin g more than what he ha d read fro m new s services .
4) Secretar
y Katzenbach als o briefed th e Cabine t
